Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Thank God it's...Tuesday?

I am sooooo happy Election Day is finally here--but then, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who's relieved it's almost over.

Political campaigns are always annoying, but this time around, it's been more so than usual. My email accounts are flooded with messages from candidates, both Democrat and Republican, begging for support...and donations. No matter how many times I send them emails, demanding they stop sending me messages, no matter how many times I send their stuff straight to Spam, they keep coming. There are messages that actually start with, "I keep emailing you. Why aren't you responding?"

I did email you, idiots. You just can't take a hint!

And then there are the TV ads. You can usually spot losers by who's appearing in those ads, showing support. If the only supporters they have are their spouses and/or children, well, there's a good reason for that. If their opponent's in the same sinking boat, as a voter, consider yourself screwed.

There seem to be a couple of catchphrases almost everyone is using in this campaign: "There's a better choice" and "Like you, I'm fed up with (insert opponent's name here."And almost every attack ad is immediately followed by a rebuttal ad of sorts from the attackee (is that a word?).

I mail in my vote. I am so sick of this all.We will get one day of quiet with lose of good or badd speeches and then.... hell starts The Presidential Race.Yea Gods.I love the way Japan does it and I think England... they call for a vote (?) if no majority they call for an election. Two week of campaigning and it is over ! Except in Japan they have little trucks with the person photo on it a loud speech playing and then they are gone. LOVE IT !

Our federal and provincial elections are usually about six weeks total, and that's it. The problem develops when we get minority governments and the most partisan party does everything they can to bring down the government with the hope of forming a majority government.

There's one around here that was just re-elected after mowing down four cheerleaders. Unbelievable!! http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ex-murrieta-mayor-dui-charge-reelection-20141105-story.html

I didn't get emails or calls this year, but they seemed to love to hang things on our door. I threw two of those suckers away last Saturday. Then there are the postcards they flood our mailbox with. One guy would mail one to me and one to my husband at the same address, so we'd get two of everything. You'd think they'd figure out that doesn't work and just send one to each household! My husband doesn't even see our junk mail--it goes straight to the recycle bin.